Mark Dibner
President at BioAbility, LLC and Chairman/Founder of Kramden Institute, Inc.
- Role
- Chairman and Co-founder at Kramden Institute
- Location
- Durham, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Mark Dibner
Combining technology management, primarily in the life sciences and biotechnology fields, with large corporation, non-profit, and entrepreneurial development experience. Still consulting through my company, BioAbility (1994-present, and founded and ran a pharmacoenomics company, Strategic Outcomes Services (1998 until its sale to a public company in 2001). Plus co-founder and Chairman of Kramden Institute, Inc. a non-profit charitable organization (2003-present) that has helped over people in NC and has had over 12,500 volunteers Author of 13 books and 115+ published articles in the life sciences and technology management areas. Former Adjunct Assoc. Professor (13 yrs) at Duke University\'s Fuqua School of Business, Fellow of the Wharton School (3 yrs) in technology management, Vice President (8 yrs) at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Principal Scientist (6 yrs). at E.I. DuPontPhD. in neuroscience and pharmacology, Weill-Cornell Medical SchoolMBA in strategic planning, Widener UniversityBA in physiological psychology, Univ. of PennsylvaniaPost-doc in Pharmacology, Univ of Colorado Medical Ctr, 2 yrsPost-doc in Pharmacology, Univ of California, San Diego, 2 yrsSpecialties: Entrepreneurship Strategic Planning Business Plans Biotechnology Technical Writing and Editing Non-profit Management
Experience
Chairman and Co-founder
Nov 2003 — Present · RTP, NC, US
Kramden Institute helps kids who work hard in school but cannot afford a home computer by collecting, refurbishing and awarding them PCs. Kramden started in Mark\'s basement in 2003 as a project with his son Ned, refurbishing 42 computers, and now has had over 12,500 volunteers, has awarded over computers to deserving students and, along with their families has helped over people. Mark has served as the Chairman of the Board since 2003 and served as the volunteer Executive Director from 2006-Sept 2010. He has volunteered 12-20 hours per week with Kramden since mid-2003. Kramden now has over $1million in revenues and 14 paid employees.
Education
University of Pennsylvania
Psychology and Bioscience
Widener University
MBA, Strategic Planning
1983 — 1985
University of Pennsylvania
B.A., Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology
1969 — 1973
Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Neuropharmacology
Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Ph.D., Neurobiology/Pharmacology
1973 — 1977
Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Pharmacology
University of Pennsylvania
BA, Physiological Psychology
1969 — 1973
Skills
- Marketing
- Nonprofits
- Technical Writing
- Teaching
- Entrepreneurship
- Troubleshooting
- Strategy
- Lifesciences
- Life Sciences
- Desktop Publishing
- Non-Profits
- Leadership Development
- Event Planning
- Strategic Planning
- Research
- Team Leadership
- Healthcare
- Hardware
- Molecular Biology
- Business Planning
- Biotechnology
- Customer Service
- Networking
- Laptops
- Writing
- Public Speaking
- Project Management
- Social Media
- Leadership
- Team Building
- Management
- Marketing Communications
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